Big Ten football is officially back.
Amid all the celebration and deep sighs though, there are some things to digest that we’ll have more on through the next coming days. First and foremost, it’s time to take a look at the complete Big Ten announcement on the reinstatement of an October start to the conference football season.
Included in it are some very stringent medical testing, protocols, and contact tracing that all the Presidents and Chancellors had to get on board with. Getting comfortable with the new testing and medical enhancements was reportedly the biggest obstacle in finally announcing a return on the gridiron, but that appears to now be all set.
For the complete, official Big Ten release, we’ve got it all on the next page for you in its entirety. There is a lot to digest about the method of declaring teams ready for competition and practice.
The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) adopted significant medical protocols and has voted unanimously to resume the football season starting the weekend of October 23-24, 2020: https://t.co/b5yHShGb1D
— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) September 16, 2020